Some people think
that new houses should be built in the same style as older houses in the local
area. Others disagree and say that local authorities should allow people to
build houses in the styles of their own
choice. Discuss both views and give your opinion.
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| Ielts Essay - Old Houses of New Designs |
Urban planning is surely a difficult job, as it must take
care of how the construction of dwelling units, in a locality, is undertaken.
Right now, these professionals have a task on hand: whether to allow people to
build their houses as per individual wish, or to follow pre-established by-laws.
Permitting people to
construct residences as per their own discretion is justifiable: modern
architectural conventions focus on saving space and energy. With fast changing
times, requirements of households have undergone dramatic transformations: more
and more people, per family, need to be accommodated within a given space which is almost
impossible to achieve with obsolete design parameters. Allowing individual
households to carry out construction as per their discrete needs will help save
time, efforts and money otherwise expended on finding alternative solutions,
like looking for additional residential units.
Moreover, design of dwelling units is an individual
prerogative since people tend to spend, most of the times, a lot of their hard-earned
money, sometimes even savings of their whole life, on building their dream
houses: they deserve an opportunity to fulfill their dreams and expectations,
and authorities have no right to enforce upon will on free citizens.
However, there are others asserting that no deviation should
be allowed from a prescribed modular design. Allowing heterogeneous designs
would fuel dissent in large numbers; thus allowing all sorts of weird designs
and facades to come up and spoil the outlook of surroundings and make
neighborhoods look ugly. Moreover, design bye-laws suggested by urban bodies conform
to prerequisites necessary for ensuring a good quality of life for citizens of
an area.
In a nutshell, I personally vouch for a modular designs as
it will help promote a homogenous look that will help giving a neighborhood a
pleasant look even though some freedom should be afforded, as far as, interiors is concerned.
